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the main people press, but there are other companies as well use the murdoch press, use and newspapers [indiscernible] all the time to try to weaken it. the bbc's to be much stronger in standing up to these attacks and supporters of the bbc, like ourselves, although the bbc is making terrible mistakes, is supported [indiscernible] the bbc needs more support to be better, not more attacks to make it worse. >> i want to teach you all for being with us, tim gopsill, editor of the free press magazine, lark turner, we will have a link to your piece at the new york times, writing on the bbc scandal involving jimmy savile, her latest piece is called, "complaint ignored for decades is heard at last in bbc abuse case." thank you so much to donald findlater, a section of the spokesperson for the lucy faithful foundation in britain. when we come back, a new hbo documentary on pedophilia and the catholic church. it will be joined by the oscar award winning director alex gibney. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman.
the main people press, but there are other companies as well use the murdoch press, use and newspapers [indiscernible] all the time to try to weaken it. the bbc's to be much stronger in standing up to these attacks and supporters of the bbc, like ourselves, although the bbc is making terrible mistakes, is supported [indiscernible] the bbc needs more support to be better, not more attacks to make it worse. >> i want to teach you all for being with us, tim gopsill, editor of the free press...
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please, do not steal from us. it is a shame. it is a shame to see how they will lead the country. >> there are some reason behind today's strike. a cuts, the situation, as far as it is concerned, the announcement that 4500 jobs will go and salaries will be cut and so on. i think we have so many reasons. >> today's strike comes as most european governments have cut pensions and benefits, while also raising taxes. this includes not just the most financially troubled governments, like greece, but also more stable ones like britain and france. the french socialist prime minister jean-marc ayrault responded saying officials face tough challenges trying to control their debt. >> one must not forget where governing in a time that is extremely difficult. in france, in europe, and the world. and ever since the 1950's has the government had to face up to such difficulties. we're confronting them with determination. what is essential and what the president has said yesterday it is that france is not just in the country, but a great country
please, do not steal from us. it is a shame. it is a shame to see how they will lead the country. >> there are some reason behind today's strike. a cuts, the situation, as far as it is concerned, the announcement that 4500 jobs will go and salaries will be cut and so on. i think we have so many reasons. >> today's strike comes as most european governments have cut pensions and benefits, while also raising taxes. this includes not just the most financially troubled governments, like...
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stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are on the road in chicago. i will be in san francisco on saturday that noon. and sunday with noam chomsky. right now we're in chicago. as the most expensive presidential election in u.s. history as come to an end, we turn to an issue that impacts more and more people in this country, but was rarely mentioned during the campaign -- poverty. the price tag for combined spending by federal candidates -- along with their parties and outside groups like super pacs -- totaled more than $6 billion. this is especially striking at a time when one in six americans is poor, with over 16 million children living in poverty. poverty rates for blacks and latinos are twice as high as the rates for whites. there is greater poverty among women than men, and the rate of women living in extreme poverty has reached record highs. a study released by fair revealed poverty is an issue that has been nearly invisible in u.s. media coverage of th
stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are on the road in chicago. i will be in san francisco on saturday that noon. and sunday with noam chomsky. right now we're in chicago. as the most expensive presidential election in u.s. history as come to an end, we turn to an issue that impacts more and more people in this country, but was rarely mentioned during the campaign -- poverty. the price tag...
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hamas will use you as human shields." the three reporters with -- tv. >> i want the idea of spokesperson to tell me if i'm standing next to hamas people so i don't get killed. these kinds of threats, i don't know what they're meant to do. the rhetoric coming from israel, probably in meeting to assassinating journalists, to say, stay away from hamas because they're targeting anything. there was a hamas official in the hospital or does came from, are they going to bomb the hospital now? are they going to bomb schools? civilians are being killed. that is a fact. that is what is happening. either israel has pinpoint accuracy and is targeting these civilians, or they don't have pinpoint accuracy and they are raiding hellfire down on one of the most densely populated places on earth. there is no other explanation. >> thank you for being with us, sharif abdel kouddous. the very, very careful. his latest piece is in "the nation" magazine. to clarify, the three journalists who were killed, two for cameramen t working forv, killed
hamas will use you as human shields." the three reporters with -- tv. >> i want the idea of spokesperson to tell me if i'm standing next to hamas people so i don't get killed. these kinds of threats, i don't know what they're meant to do. the rhetoric coming from israel, probably in meeting to assassinating journalists, to say, stay away from hamas because they're targeting anything. there was a hamas official in the hospital or does came from, are they going to bomb the hospital...
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it is not as easy to do that as it used to be. they're interesting ways debt system breaks down based on subjective ideas the judges have. for example, if you read in the debt resisters operation manual, which an organization has created the rolling jubilee, you can find out with bankruptcy, it breaks down a richly in part because of subjective ideas the judges have and two all conditions being equal would prefer white americans for bankruptcy protection. an african-american family tried to declare bankruptcy may find themselves in a situation where they paid, because ship to pick it to this, and they cannot declare bankruptcy ultimately. >> can you talk about the debt resisters operations manual? >> sure. a few of us got together from strike debt and decided it would be a good idea to come up with a mutual aid project where we could both explain our analysis of the that system broadly, but also have tangible ways that people could think they could actually -- things that could help themselves as individuals while still proposing
it is not as easy to do that as it used to be. they're interesting ways debt system breaks down based on subjective ideas the judges have. for example, if you read in the debt resisters operation manual, which an organization has created the rolling jubilee, you can find out with bankruptcy, it breaks down a richly in part because of subjective ideas the judges have and two all conditions being equal would prefer white americans for bankruptcy protection. an african-american family tried to...
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so that gets us going in terms of it. now on the next graphic, if you want to see a rather long-winded definition, but a good one, let me run this by you, and i kind of point out some of the- the heart of it is what i like to focus on. religious ethics is that aspect of religion concerned with- and here we go- if i had done my graphics right, i would have underlined this and put it in neon and done whatever. but for me, this is the heart of the ethical dimension- proper patterns of action. no so easy, but what are proper patterns of action? and look where they come up. according to this definition, in situations and circumstances in the human life cycle in social interactions- i mean, we're back to rites of passage. any place that touches on identity and relationship- and we're beginning to see that just about everything does in human cultural activity- there you're going to find the ethical dimension. it's so simple: how do i behave? now what's the motivation? it's not just any way to behave, because a good mugger probab
so that gets us going in terms of it. now on the next graphic, if you want to see a rather long-winded definition, but a good one, let me run this by you, and i kind of point out some of the- the heart of it is what i like to focus on. religious ethics is that aspect of religion concerned with- and here we go- if i had done my graphics right, i would have underlined this and put it in neon and done whatever. but for me, this is the heart of the ethical dimension- proper patterns of action. no...
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we just made people hate us. we refer to cia operators to target people in pakistan, we refer to them as of splats, people killed there. and it pakistan is or human beings? to operators here, they are but splats. >> we have to join the rest of the world with a comprehensive peace plan. we have to be a member of the united nations and not an outlier. >> oscar award winning filmmaker oliver stone and historian peter kuznick, i want to thank you for being with us. their book, "untold history of the united states." the 10-part mini series on showtime ri. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] democracy now!] tavis: good evening. tonight, a conversation with two-time oscar winner sally field. she is once again in the oscar conversation for her role as mary todd lincoln conversation for her role as mary todd
we just made people hate us. we refer to cia operators to target people in pakistan, we refer to them as of splats, people killed there. and it pakistan is or human beings? to operators here, they are but splats. >> we have to join the rest of the world with a comprehensive peace plan. we have to be a member of the united nations and not an outlier. >> oscar award winning filmmaker oliver stone and historian peter kuznick, i want to thank you for being with us. their book,...
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or is that even a right term to use? >> no. i think what you just hit on is another one of- you've articulated one of my key frustrations. or maybe it's a dilemma with religion. most certainly there is a religious ego, and i think that's exactly what we're seeing here. i think this is a strange peculiarity, but we're only human. you know, remember religion is ideally about the transcended- it's about going beyond boundaries, it's going to another place. and yet the only way we know is from our sense of self, which is filled with its own individuality- it's that a part and apart thing that we talked about very early in the semester. religion is a force for transcending these kinds of restrictive boundaries. at the same time, you bring in the doctrinal dimension, which makes those boundaries more rigid, so that you can know who you are. so i think what you have here is very much a religious- a set of religious egos that are very large that people have plugged into- you know, their individuality plugs into it collectively, and it'
or is that even a right term to use? >> no. i think what you just hit on is another one of- you've articulated one of my key frustrations. or maybe it's a dilemma with religion. most certainly there is a religious ego, and i think that's exactly what we're seeing here. i think this is a strange peculiarity, but we're only human. you know, remember religion is ideally about the transcended- it's about going beyond boundaries, it's going to another place. and yet the only way we know is...
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no person or person of any intelligence uses that word over the radio today." and that letter really hit woody like a slap in the face. he was mortified. he apologized profusely on the air the next day. he made a big point of dramatically tearing out the song sheet from his notebook and tearing it to shreds and promising he would never use that word again. and as he later said, "i apologize to the negro people for the frothings that i let slip out of the corners of my mouth." so this is the beginning of his conversion, i suppose, to eventually becoming one of the most ardent champions and activists for racial equality. amy goodman: you mentioned the lynching that occurred a year before he was born that his father will kaufman: yeah. amy goodman: may well have been involved with. will kaufman: yeah. amy goodman: talk about how it came back. will kaufman: well, there wasabout a year before woody's birth, there was a policeman in okemah named george loney, who went to the house of a fellow named nelson, going to arrest him. i think the charge was sheep stealing or
no person or person of any intelligence uses that word over the radio today." and that letter really hit woody like a slap in the face. he was mortified. he apologized profusely on the air the next day. he made a big point of dramatically tearing out the song sheet from his notebook and tearing it to shreds and promising he would never use that word again. and as he later said, "i apologize to the negro people for the frothings that i let slip out of the corners of my mouth." so...
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sitting in with us, and chris hedges also with us. this is democracy now!, our six- hour special, and we welcome stations to our broadcast. the polls are closing, including in the key swing state of virginia, and both president obama and mitt romney are claiming they have enough votes to when the weight house -- the white house. polls have just closed in pennsylvania, in michigan, missouri, illinois, massachusetts, in maine and north dakota, and the latest projections showed president obama winning vt., while mitt romney has won georgia, indiana, kentucky, west virginia, and south carolina, they say. abc news is reporting joe manchin is reported to win reelection against the republican businessmen. that is what we know so far, and, yes, the networks have also called vermont for president obama. in a moment, we are going to go to vermont. they have also called the race for governor, and peter there will return it -- retain his governorship, and also, independent senator bernie sanders of vermont has won reelection. a longtime labor, racial justice, an activi
sitting in with us, and chris hedges also with us. this is democracy now!, our six- hour special, and we welcome stations to our broadcast. the polls are closing, including in the key swing state of virginia, and both president obama and mitt romney are claiming they have enough votes to when the weight house -- the white house. polls have just closed in pennsylvania, in michigan, missouri, illinois, massachusetts, in maine and north dakota, and the latest projections showed president obama...